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Caveat: This translation is from @wartranslated on Twitter so I am relying very heavily on their cultural intelligence and by extension their accuracy. Off we go, then.  The speech:  "PMC Wagner Commanders’ Council made a decision: the evil brought by the military leadership of the country must be stopped. They neglect the lives of soldiers. They forgot the word 'justice,' and we will bring it back. Those, who destroyed our guys today, who destroyed tens, tens of thousands of lives of Russian soldiers will be punished. I’m asking: no one resist. Everyone who will try to resist, we will consider them a danger and destroy them immediately, including any checkpoints on our way. And any aviation that we see above our heads. I’m asking everyone to remain calm, do not succumb to provocations, and remain in their houses. Ideally, those along our way, do not go outside. After we finished what we started, we will return to the frontline to protect our motherland. Presidential auth...

Here is a comic by Randall Munroe that illustrates one aspect of a single point of failure in terms of software and hardware.  The Original Comic  As a former member of the military and Department of Defense employee, a "single point of failure," was always something to be wary of from platoon operations to programming computers. Have a backup and a backup to that backup.  It has become increasingly clear to me that there is an obvious single point of failure throughout the private sector, and it is wealthy people who won't negotiate with unions or workers. The WGA strike has reached week seven. To refresh, here are the demands and the "offers" to meet them.   The current narrative still being pushed by studios is that the writers are the single point of failure for the entire studio system. If the public accepted that narrative on its face, there is no reason to accept that studios are NOT the cause of it, since at least one studio  has posted record profits ...